Electrical advertising device



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ELECTRICAL ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Application led September 30, 1,826. Serial No. 138,770.

This invention relates to an electricaladvertising device and has for its object, broadly,to provide a device to be' laced 1n railway stations, 'hotelsor other l1 e laces articularly for the use of strangers or visltors in a city, for giving informationof prominent business houses, hospitals, parks or other places of interest, the device to be of to such construction that it may be operated conveniently by any person withoutthe aid of others.

The invention includes a frame preferably disposed in an upright position o sufficient l5 size'to display a map of the city and to also display the names of business houses and institutions, together with public places of interest, and certain electrical devices which may be illuminated by the visitor or operaao tor for visibly pointing out the locations of the particular places, and thereby giving to the operator the information desired.

A particular object of the invention is to rovlde a pivotally mounted wing for the rame, as a matter of convenience when adjusting the illuminants and renewing the bulbs for the Yelectric lamps em loyed, also to provide a convenient mounting' for the lamps. With the foregoing objects in view a@ and others to be mentioned hereinafter, the

invention presents a novel and useful construction, combination and arrangement of parts as described herein and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing,

it being understood that changes in form,

size, proportion of parts and minor details may be made as found to be of advantage, said changes being within the scope of the invention as claimed..

ln the drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention, Fig. 1 is a front view of the device illustrating partsof a map and, in dotted'lines showing the location of certain lampsready to be illuminated.

46 Fig. 2 is a transverse` section through the frame, showing location of the lamps. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the device, the door vof the frame or casing being removed to show electrical devices carried by the pivotally mounted wing. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the frame or casing showing the door and the wing when swung outwardly. Fig. 5 is a front view of the-wing. Fi 6 is a view illustrating electrical cir- 05 cuits. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail showing an incandescent lam mounted -upon the front side of the wing, the lam socketholder and sleeve surrounding tllie lamp being in section.v

Referring now to the drawings for a more particular description, numeral 10 indicates a frame or casing preferably provided at its front with a transparent plate 11` as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings. Numeral 12 indicates a plurality of electrical switch-control members or push-buttons which are'mounted on a vertical strip v13, outwardly of the transparent plate.

vAt the inner side of the glass plate and preferably secured thereto is a map 14, and adjacent to members 12 are horizontally arranged spaces 15 bearing the names of business establishments and other names of interest, as indicated at 16 located in the city represented bythe map, and since streets and blocks, respectivelyindicated at 17 and 18, are shown on the map, the approximate location of said establishments may be pointed out to a visitor or'operator of the device, as will be explained.

While I have shown a casing or frame to be rectangular in side elevation, this is not importa-nt, and the size or proportions of the casing may be greater or less, depending on the population or size of the city,

' and, of course the number of prominent lmasterlamp 22, as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and it vwill be understood that this wing may swing outwardly approximately a quarterof a circle to dispose the lamps in an upright position, and may be swung inwardl Fig. 2 of said rawings.

OHAH'A, NEBRASKA, ASSIGOR OF ONEJIAL T0 ROBERT H. l y 'GARRET'L OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

to the position shown in los This wing may be constructed of wood or any other material having a limited degree of electrical conductivity. It .is rovided with a metallic sheet 23 at that side thereof next to the map 14 to operate as an electrical conductor, and in order that the bulbs maybeA suitably housedand protected from injury and that they will iently accessible for vremoval or adlustment, I rovide certain features consisting, 1n part, o horizontal holder-strips 24 provided with anges 25 for receiving the flanges 26'of the lamp socket-holders 27. By referring to Fig. 7 of the drawings it will e seen that these members 27 have a lesser len h than the bulbs sof the lamps. Numera 28 1ndicatey sleeves which are slidingly mounted in the holders 27, and when the wing is swung inwardly of the casing, the ends of the sleeves 28 will engage .the map and, since the inap is transparent or l practically so,4

the lamps will illuminate parts of said map. The sleeves are of such proportion that they snugly engage the map when the wing has been swung to a vertical position so that no parts of the map will be illuminated except the area dened by the open ends of the sleeves.

' I provide a plurality of normally open electrical circuits energized by any suitable means, as by an electrical battery 29. Numeral 30 indicates an electrical conductor leading from one pole of the electrical battery to the master-lamp 22 and said metallic sheet 23, and an electrical conductor 31 is in communication with the opposite pole of the electrical battery and with a plurality of electrical contact-pieces 32 for certain electrical switches 33.

Numerals 34C indicate electrical conductors, each being in communication with a lamp 21 and with a contact-piece 35 of an electric switch 33, and it will be understood that the electrical switches may be actuated b an operator byvuse of members 12, and i one or said members 12 is moved or pushed inwardly of the strip 13, as usual in the use of push-buttons one of the switches 33 will be actuated to cause illumination of the master-lamp 22 and one of the lamps 21.

The parts are so arranged that when the wing 19 is swung inwardly, the sleeves 28 for the lamps 21 will register with those parts of the map which correspond to the names 16 and said members 12, and simultaneously with said illumination the masterlamp will be illuminated.

`Since the master-lamp indicates the place or location of the device, and since it will be illuminated in conjunction with each lamp 21 an operator unacquainted with locations in a city may be visibly informed as to the distance, approximately, as well as direction of the particular place he wishes to visit without making inquiry of others.

Among some of the advantages to be derived by use of the invention, it may be stated that it provides gratuitous and correct be convenl remove a lamp y naman ments, and since 1t may bev necessary to occasionally or to provide an additional mp for pointing out a new location on a map, the holder-strips 24 are a great advantage, since the lamps by this construction may be securely held by the anges thereof, and may be disposed adjacent to any part of the map.

I claim as my invention,-

1. In an electrical advertising device, the combination with a frame provided at one of its sides with a map and names referrin to said map and a plurality of switch-contro members, of a wing pivotally mounted on the frame at the side thereo opposite to said map, a plurality of holder-strips provided with flanges and secured to said wing, a plurality of lamp socket-holders having flanges en aging the flanges of said holderstrips, a p urality of lamps each disposed in a socket-holder, a' plurality .of sleeves each surroundin a lamp and removably mounted in a socketolder, a master lamp, a plurality of normally open electrical circuits each including a source of electrical energy, an electrical switch, a lamp, and said master lamp, said wing being movable to cause engagement of the sleeves with said map, and each switch-control member being movable for closing an electrical circuit.

2. In an electrical advertisin device, the combination with a supporting rame havingr one of its sides provi ed with a map and bearin names, a wing mounted on that side o the frame opposite to said map, a plurality of holder-strips disposed approximately parallel with reference to each other and secured to said wing, a plurality of socket-holders engaging the anges of the holder-strips, incandescent lamps in the socket-holders, sleeves each surroundin a lamp and removably mounted in the socetholders, a vmaster lamp, a lurality of electrical l circuits each inclu mg a source of electrical energy, an electrical switch, said master lamp and an incandescent lamp, and a plurality of electrical switch-control members each being movable for closing an electrical circuit, said wing being arranged to permit swinging movements thereof to cause engagement of the sleeves with said map.

In testimony whereof, I have ailixed my signature.

FRANK L. ROBINSON. 

